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May 12, 2020

Try to dock with the International Space Station with this SpaceX Crew Dragon simulator

Posted by in categories: internet, space travel

On May 12th, SpaceX released an online simulator that allows internet users to try to dock the company’s newly developed Crew Dragon with the International Space Station.

May 12, 2020

Nanofiber membranes transformed into 3D scaffolds

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, robotics/AI

In the movie “Transformers,” cars morph into robots, jets or a variety of machinery. A similar concept inspired a group of researchers to combine gas foaming, which is a blend of chemicals that induces gas bubbling, and 3D molding technologies to quickly transform electrospun membranes into complex 3D shapes for biomedical applications.

In Applied Physics Reviews, the group reports on its new approach that demonstrates significant improvements in speed and quality compared with other methods. The work is also the first successful demonstration of formation of 3D neural constructs with an ordered structure through differentiation of human neural progenitor/ on these transformed 3D scaffolds.

“Electrospinning is a technology to produce nanofiber membranes,” said co-author Jingwei Xie, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. “The physics principle behind it involves applying an electrical force to overcome the surface tension of a solution to elongate a solution jet into continuous and ultrafine fibers after solvent evaporation.”

May 12, 2020

Physics Department, TUM

Posted by in category: nanotechnology

Some days I feel like I’m living under a rock. How did I miss the development of a superfast nanobot that is controlled by exterior electric fields? This is an extraordinary development.


Piecework at the nano assembly line.

May 12, 2020

Woodward effect

Posted by in categories: energy, innovation

Circa 1990 to current o.o


The Woodward effect, also referred to as a Mach effect, is part of a hypothesis proposed by James F. Woodward in 1990.[1] The hypothesis states that transient mass fluctuations arise in any object that absorbs internal energy while undergoing a proper acceleration. Harnessing this effect could generate a reactionless thrust, which Woodward and others claim to measure in various experiments.[2][3]

Hypothetically, the Woodward effect would allow for field propulsion spacecraft engines that would not have to expel matter. Such a proposed engine is sometimes called a Mach effect thruster (MET) or a Mach Effect Gravitation al Assist (MEGA) drive.[4][5] So far, experimental results have not strongly supported this hypothesis,[6] but experimental research on this effect, and its potential applications, continues.[7]

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May 12, 2020

Small is beautiful: Nano drone tech is advancing

Posted by in category: drones

Circa 2017


Rapid improvement in micro drone technology is providing defence interests with new nimble capabilities.

May 12, 2020

The stealthy little drones that fly like insects

Posted by in category: drones

Making wings that flap is very difficult, but it has real advantages as some are finding out.

May 12, 2020

The animals and plants that can live forever

Posted by in category: life extension

Circa 2015


Most animals eventually get old and die. But a few lucky species don’t seem to feel the weight of time, and just keep going and going.

May 12, 2020

Gene therapy can cure lameness in horses, research finds

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Circa 2017


Injecting DNA into injured horse tendons and ligaments can cure lameness, new research involving scientists at Kazan Federal University, Moscow State Academy and The University of Nottingham has found.

The gene therapy technology was used in horses that had gone lame due to injury and within two to three weeks the horses were able to walk and trot. Within just two months they were back to full health, galloping and competing.

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May 12, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine: First Large Study Does Not Support Routine Use in COVID-19 Patients

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A study of nearly 1,400 patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 disease at a single New York hospital found that patients who received the drug fared no better than patients who did not receive the drug.

May 12, 2020

Laser Loop Acts as a Mechanical Spring to Couple Quantum Systems Over a Distance

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, nanotechnology, quantum physics

Quantum technology is currently one of the most active fields of research worldwide. It takes advantage of the special properties of quantum mechanical states of atoms, light, or nanostructures to develop, for example, novel sensors for medicine and navigation, networks for information processing and powerful simulators for materials sciences. Generating these quantum states normally requires a strong interaction between the systems involved, such as between several atoms or nanostructures.

Until now, however, sufficiently strong interactions were limited to short distances. Typically, two systems had to be placed close to each other on the same chip at low temperatures or in the same vacuum chamber, where they interact via electrostatic or magnetostatic forces. Coupling them across larger distances, however, is required for many applications such as quantum networks or certain types of sensors.

A team of physicists, led by Professor Philipp Treutlein from the Department of Physics at the University of Basel and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), has now succeeded for the first time in creating strong coupling between two systems over a greater distance across a room temperature environment. In their experiment, the researchers used laser light to couple the vibrations of a 100 nanometer thin membrane to the motion of the spin of atoms over a distance of one meter. As a result, each vibration of the membrane sets the spin of the atoms in motion and vice versa.